Idaho's Weekly Journal of Local & National Commentary Week
2815

Washington,
DC – Listen up girl friends. If you thought Big Brother in George Orwell’s
novel 1984 or The Omnipotent State in
Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World or Our
Dear Leader in ‘V’ for Vendetta just
popped up one day out of nowhere and stripped the people of all their rights
and freedoms, you’re sadly mistaken. These dictatorial welfare states took
years of political corruption and brainwashing of the people to implement.

But they
all had one thing in common: they were all founded upon the despotic
philosophy of altruistic state collectivism.

Historically, in the 20th century, altruistic state collectivism
manifested itself as fascism in Italy, National Socialism in Germany,
Communism in the Soviet Union and China, and The New Deal in America. Same
game, different names.

Today,
America’s Democratic Party advocates altruistic state collectivism under the
name Progressivism but technically it is a mixture of Old European
fascism-socialism with a Hillary Happy Face or Obama Smiley Wile E. Coyote
grin. Not to be outdone, America’s Republicans advocate altruistic state
collectivism under the name Neo-, Theo-, or Compassionate Conservatism.

All
three of today’s remaining major 2008 presidential candidates, Senators
Clinton and Obama for the Democrats, and John McCain for the Republicans
advocate the same fundamental philosophy of altruistic state collectivism.
All three rely heavily upon a Keynesian, socialist central banking system,
the Federal Reserve, to (1) dump the gold standard and (2) print up
unlimited amounts – trillions and trillions – of non-backed paper dollars to
finance their ideas of a giant Welfare State: welfare redistribution for
the Democrats and foreign military expansionism for the Republicans.

The fundamental premises
underlying all three of today’s major presidential candidates are no
different than the altruistic state collectivism implemented by Mussolini in
fascist Italy, Stalin in communist Russia, Mao in communist China, Adolf
Hitler in National Socialist Germany, and FDR in America’s New Deal. The
only difference is that today’s economic fascism and National Socialism is
being presented as what comedian George Carlin called, “Smiley Face Fascism,” in Joel
Goldberg’s new book: Liberal Fascism.

Goldberg and Carlin are
absolutely correct.

Notice that we are NOT
referring to the results of
Mussolini, Stalin, or Hitler’s state collectivist policies but rather the initial premises that brought about the
inevitable results: the food rations, the loss of individual freedoms, the
forced labor camps, the mass deportations, the gas chambers, the ethnic
genocide. In the case of FDR’s American fascism, we are NOT referring to
FDR’s socialist WPA work programs or his criminalizing of the gold standard,
forcing everybody to turn in their Double Eagles. We are discussing the fundamental premises that led
to those results.

None of the above fascist
or socialist or communist politicians – hence the term: state collectivists
-- ran on a political platform of gas chambers or forced labor camps or
global Recessions. They all ran on state collectivist platforms of (1)
national health care, (2) public education, (3) anti capitalism, (4) high
taxation, (5) redistribution of everybody’s wealth, (6) no gold standard,
(7) a government central bank issuing tons of non-backed paper money, (8)
huge deficit financing, and (9) promising a chicken in every pot for all of
their citizens.

And the
crowds in pre-World War II Italy, Germany, Russia, China, and FDR’s homey
little Fireside Radio Chats cheered, just like today in America at the
rallies for Clinton, Obama, and McCain.

In short, the road to Hell
– and Economic Serfdom -- is always paved with good intentions by fascist,
socialist, and communist politicians, stomping on everybody’s inherent
individual rights with their fiery bullshit rhetoric to whip up the masses
because…well, because it works. The Sheeple are easily fooled with economic
sophisms and promises of security and riches by either unscrupulous or
stupid politicians.

Is there any prescription
for America’s current philosophical madness with state collectivism? The
answer is an unequivocal YES.

Only one presidential
candidate, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), has put forth a free market, limited
government, sound money Plan to put America back on the path to economic
prosperity and social freedoms. Ron Paul’s
Prescription for Prosperity: A Comprehensive Economic Revitalization Plan
is a simple four-step plan listed below.

"As I [Ron Paul] said this
past November to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, “We’re indeed
between a rock and a hard place and we don’t talk about how we got here; we
talk about how we are going to patch it up.” The “solutions” proposed so
far -- stimulus packages, bailouts, and interest rate cuts -- just amount to
printing more money, which will lead to greater currency devaluation,
contribute to the rising costs of living, and further squeeze the middle
class and our senior citizens."

Introduction to the Four-Point Plan

America became the
greatest, most prosperous nation in human history through low taxes,
constitutionally limited government, personal freedom and a belief in sound
money. We need to return to these principles so our economy can thrive
again. When enacted, my plan will provide both short-term stimulus and lay
the groundwork for long-term prosperity.

Other candidates talk a
lot about stimulus packages, but my record stands alone. I have fought for
these measures for years as a member of Congress and will make them a top
priority as president.

Ron Paul, a 10-term
Republican Congressman from Texas's 14th District, is currently the ranking
member of the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic
and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. He has been named
"Taxpayers' Best Friend" for 10 consecutive years by the National Taxpayers'
Union. Ron Paul is also the author of several books on monetary policy and
economics.

Eliminate
Taxes on Capital Gains.Investment should be
embraced and rewarded.

Pass H.J.
Res 23 (The “Liberty Amendment”), proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal
income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States
Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

Eliminate
Taxes on Tips.The
single parents and working students who earn their income chiefly through
tips deserve to keep all of their money. This tax on "estimated income" is
unfair and should be ended.

Pass H.R.
3664 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that tips
shall not be subject to income or employment taxes.

Support the
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act.
Working families who lost their homes should not be punished a second time
with a big IRS bill.

Pass H.R.
1876 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the
gross income of individual taxpayers discharges of indebtedness
attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations.

2. Spending Reform

Reduce
Overseas Military Commitments.
Our bases and troops should be on our soil.

It's time
to stop subsidizing our trading partners in Europe, Japan and South
Korea.

Freeze
Non-Defense, Non-Entitlement Spending at Current Levels

I vote
against all bloated, pork laden spending bills and will veto them as
president.

3. Monetary Policy
Reform

Televise
Federal Open Market Committee Meetings.An institution as powerful
as the Federal Reserve deserves full public scrutiny.

Expand
Transparency and Accountability at the Federal Reserve

Pass H.R.
2754 to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to
continue to make available to the public on a weekly basis information
on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components.

Return
Value to Our Money. Legalize
gold and silver as a competing currency.

Level the
long-term boom and bust business cycle by passing H.R. 4683, which would
repeal provisions of the federal criminal code relating to issuing coins
of gold, silver, or other metal for use as current money and making or
possessing likenesses of such coins.

4. Regulatory Reform

Repeal
Sarbanes/Oxley.
It has seriously wounded our capital markets and helped make the UK a
financial center at our expense.

Ending
these misguided regulations would bring jobs flooding back to the United
States

Pass H.R.
1049 to reform Sarbanes-Oxley and reduce the burden it places on small
businesses.

Repeal or
Remove Costly and Unnecessary Federal Regulations.
Neighbors know best how to help their neighbors.

We need
to make it easier for community banks, credit unions, and other
financial institutions to better serve their communities and to help
people in these communities get access to credit and capital.

Pass H.R.
1869 to enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth
and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual
savings, and for other purposes.